Transcript EU DG NEAR`s action in the field of climate change Political dialogue

Framework for accession countries to comply
with EU climate agenda
EC assistance, and further needs
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EU DG NEAR's action in the field of climate change
The means that DG NEAR has to address the climate action:
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Political dialogue
IPA - National programmes
Regional assistance
WBIF
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EU DG NEAR's action in the field of climate change
Political dialogue
The EU aims to promote peace, stability and economic development in the
Western Balkans and open up the prospect of EU integration.
In follow-up to the Paris agreement, a more effective mainstreaming of
climate change in EU external aid must be backed by strong political
engagement through the EU’s climate diplomacy action plan.
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IPA National Programmes
No formal 20% target per financing instrument . IPA 2014 – 2016 shows
improvement from 6 to 8% of climate related projects.
 Serbia and Montenegro are negotiating accession and have started working
more intensively on "chapter 27";
 Serbia, Montenegro, Albania and FyROM have set Chapter 27 among
priorities in their indicative strategy paper;
 Energy is considered is a priority for Serbia and Kosovo.
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IPA National Programmes
Energy Efficiency and Renewable
There are a lot of projects on energy efficiency and renewable including all
WB countries.
 Decommissioning and dismantling of old and highly polluting facilities;
 Construction of new networks and interconnectivity among WB
countries to improve supply and achieve greater efficiency.
 Increasing energy efficiency and the use of renewable energy sources.
Kosovo – Supply of clean energy through improved infrastructure - decommissioning of the 'Kosovo A'
coal based power plant and better use of renewable energy resources – with total indicative allocation of
100 mil EUR.
Serbia – EE and Renewable Energy – development of appropriate infrastructure for energy savings and
through improvement of electricity network – with indicative allocation of 125 mil EUR.
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IPA National Programmes
Water Resource Management
• Strategic planning process
• Harmonisation of legislation with EU Water Framework Directive
• River Basin Management Principle
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IPA National Programmes
Flood protection
• Bosnia: EUR 15 million to support improvements to the hydrological forecasting
systems in the Bosna river as well as the re-construction of priority river
infrastructure in critical locations of the Sava, Bosna and Janja rivers;
• EUR 20 million to support river infrastructure projects in both BiH and Serbia. This
assistance focuses on the re-construction of embankments of different sections of
the Sava and Drina rivers located in both in countries and having a cross-border and
regional impact.
Allocated EUR 2 million to improve civil protection and EUR 2.5 million to support Civil
Society in awareness raising, advocacy and recovery assistance to flood affected areas.
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Regional Assistance
Environment and Climate Regional Accession Network – ECRAN
ECRAN Offers capacity building for that alignment with the environment and
climate EU acquis.
The project has proven very successful in helping beneficiaries to put forward their
Indicative Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) for the Paris conference.
TAIEX - TAIEX is the Technical Assistance and Information Exchange instrument of
the European Commission.
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Western Balkans Investment Framework (WBIF)
WBIF is a blending instrument that combine investments and technical assistance
grants with loans from International Financial Institutions (IFIs) to stimulate
investment in infrastructure.
Assistance to climate is implemented through facilities such as:
• Energy Efficiency Finance Facility (EEFF) – closing in 2016 – leveraged
138mil EUR with 35 mil EUR grants for incentives.
• Regional Energy Efficiency Programme (REEP)
• Green Growth Fund (GGF)
640 mil EUR loans have already been leveraged through a total grant contribution
of 110 mil EUR.
More information on the specific projects available at: https://www.wbif.eu/Projects?by=sector
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Challenges
• Political Support to Environment and Climate Change
• Limited fiscal space
• Implementation of legislation
• Low public awareness
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